Paraumbilical vein
paraumbilical vein par·a·um·bil·i·cal vein (pār’ə-ŭm-bĭl’ĭ-kəl)
n.
Any of the small veins that arise from cutaneous veins about the umbilicus and terminate as accessory portal veins.
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